GRE Word List
CONSANGUINITY
the quality or state of being consanguineous
The meaning of the word consanguinity is the quality or state of being consanguineous.
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| waive | to relinquish (something, such as a legal right) voluntarily |
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| underlying | lying beneath or below |
| pending | during |
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